A major item on my BlogEngine.Net wishlist has been the ability to customize the sidebar elements on a page-by-page basis. For example, I'd like to show the latest posts in the side bar, but not on the home page where the body of the page displays the posts anyway. Or I'd like to show the search box in the sidebar on all pages, but not on the search page which has it anyway in the body.
Extending the trend of thought, why not customize the sidebar on category pages? Wouldn't it be nice to fill the sidebar with information or links related to the category? And going a step even further, why not have the ability to customize the sidebar on any page or post as you can do with Drupal and Wordpress? More...
Packt Publishing will be publishing my second book, Microsoft Office Live Small Business: Beginner's Guide, in November 2009.
Part of Packt’s Beginner’s Guide Series, the book will offer step-by-step instructions for building a small-business web site with Office Live Small Business. It will emphasizes web design fundamentals and best practices along the way.
In the book, I'll build a web site from scratch. The site, www.officeliveguide.com, will also serve as the book's companion site.